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American steam locomotives : design and development, 1880-1960 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Withuhn, William L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, IN : Pflugerville, TX : Indiana University Press ; Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc., [2019]
Series:Railroads past and present.
Subjects:
Steam locomotives > United States > History.
Railroads > United States > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • High-wheeled racers
  • More wheels and bigger fireboxes
  • Vehicular design for horsepower
  • Big wheels turning
  • Compounding
  • Superheating
  • Francis Cole
  • Locomotive safety regulation
  • Leadership in industrial research
  • Federal takeover
  • The formative contest
  • The steam locomotive's final form: the Texas type
  • The steam locomotive's final form: the Hudson
  • Streamlining
  • The Northern
  • Giants upon the Earth
  • Counterpoint: why the diesel?
  • Big Boy and Allegheny
  • The T1 and poppet valves
  • Norfolk & Western's Big Three
  • Resisting the revolution
  • Industrial beauty and the beholder.